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  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Hot Lunch Apostles, a play by Boulder' Sidney Goldfarb, hits New York

    Hot Lunch Apostles, a play by Boulder poet and playwright Sidney Goldfarb, will open at New York's La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theatre on March 1 as part of the fabled Off-off-Broadway theater's fifty-year celebration. Produced by the Talking Band, a collaborative group that spins evocative tapestries of ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2012

    Reader: I find matchmaker Rachel Greenwald's business appalling

    Hot Lunch Apostles, a play by Boulder poet and playwright Sidney Goldfarb, will open at New York's La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theatre on March 1 as part of the fabled Off-off-Broadway theater's fifty-year celebration. Produced by the Talking Band, a collaborative group that spins evocative tapestries of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    Matchmakers offer tips on how to sell yourself -- and why a matchmaker can help

    For "Money can buy you love, if you have a contract with this Harvard MBA," this week's feature, Westword talked to local matchmaker extraordinaire Rachel Greenwald about her business -- but what about her advice? In her first book, Find a Husband After 35 (Using What I Learned at Harvard Business ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Churchill's "Change" video makes us want to skate dance by ourselves like nobody's watching

    ​Have you seen the new Churchill video for "Change" yet? Directed by Tim Twinem of Velare Imaginarium (the same chap responsible for capturing the nuptials of Churchill's Tim Brun and his lovely wife Amy -- in reverse), the clip stars a handsomely dressed gentlemen in a Billy Jack fedora, a bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    The 20 greatest geek albums

    ​If the geeks are really set to inherit the earth (that's the saying, right?), then it's time we highlight the musical offerings they have on the table. With Jonathan Coulton's Artificial Heart being released last week at PAX, it seems as good a time as any to look at our favorite albums about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Top 10 names for Metro State better than Denver State University

    Big logos below.​After an exciting year-long run-up, Metropolitan State College of Denver's Board of Trustees has announced their choice for the school's new moniker. And the winner is... Denver State University! The crowd goes... meh. What's that? Think we should stop bellyaching unless we h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    How poop is smarter than Jesus: Google Reading Level ranks 100 random things

    ​​ Google introduced a new way of filtering search results last week: By reading level. You type something in and it tells you how many results fall into one of levels. Fair enough: if you're writing a research paper on sexual health or something, and thoughtful information would normal ... More >>

  • Music

    October 28, 2010

    Hot Rize was bluegrass before bluegrass was cool

    ​​ Google introduced a new way of filtering search results last week: By reading level. You type something in and it tells you how many results fall into one of levels. Fair enough: if you're writing a research paper on sexual health or something, and thoughtful information would normal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    HUSH Concepts is bringing the pop-up restaurant to Denver

    ​Earlier this year, Phil Armstrong, a veteran restaurant industry guy who has more ambition than the entire graduating class of Harvard, unleashed Hush, an underground supper club that hosts intimate dinners at various venues around Denver and Boulder, many of them in unusual places -- fields, ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 19, 2010

    Tireless satire: For Tomfoolery, don't leave your brain at home

    ​Earlier this year, Phil Armstrong, a veteran restaurant industry guy who has more ambition than the entire graduating class of Harvard, unleashed Hush, an underground supper club that hosts intimate dinners at various venues around Denver and Boulder, many of them in unusual places -- fields, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Immigration may lower crime rate, says CU prof Tim Wadsworth

    Wadsworth's study caused a stir.​University of Colorado sociologist Tim Wadsworth says it was "complete and utter happenstance" that his study about immigration was released just as debate over the issue is at its most contentious. "It was accepted for publication [by Social Science Quarterly] ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Temple Grandin, CSU prof, named one of Time's 100 most influential people

    Photo courtesy Cornell UniversityTemple Grandin is keeping some impressive company.​It's been a nice year thus far for CSU professor/cow whisperer Temple Grandin. In February, she was portrayed by actress Claire Danes in Temple Grandin, a well-reviewed HBO biopic. And now, she's been named on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Ronald McDonald gets Shanghaied

    ​Ronald McDonald is under fire in this country, with activists encouraging McDonald's to retire its longtime mascot. But in Shanghai, now home to a brand-new McDonald's University -- it's known as Hamburger U-- they're down with the clown. The Chinese people crave fast food, which is why McDo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Josh Penry-John Morse idea to give university boards more leeway potentially dangerous

    "Gee, I wish I could afford college."​Senate Majority Leader John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, and Minority Leader Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, are brainstorming ways to keep Colorado's colleges from suffocating amid crippling losses in revenue from the state. Atop the mount of potential soluti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    The Obama administration: a Colorado College cabal?

    ​Every presidency has its own biases about the kind of education that makes for good leaders. JFK stacked the deck with Harvard grads; Bush I and Bush II leaned toward Yalies, of course. Snobbery, Eastern elitism, Ivy Leaguism--it's been expected of the White House since the days of Woodrow Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Skip the Blue Moon, Crowley, and tap one of these other Colorado beers for the political slurp heard 'round the world

    Blue Moon: Not the best beer for solving a national crisis.​If the pundits are to be believed, the entirety of our country's centuries-old racial upheaval will be solved today with the cracking open of a couple cold ones. After President Barack Obama ignited a fiery national debate on race re ... More >>

  • News

    January 22, 2009

    The Mexican's got a beef with thick steaks

    Blue Moon: Not the best beer for solving a national crisis.​If the pundits are to be believed, the entirety of our country's centuries-old racial upheaval will be solved today with the cracking open of a couple cold ones. After President Barack Obama ignited a fiery national debate on race re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    TV host Aaron Harber on why he should be Colorado's next Secretary of State

    Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2008

    Delegating Denver #34 of 56: New Jersey

    Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodri ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 3, 2008

    Life, the Universe, and Everything

    Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2007

    Richistan, Colorado

    Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2007

    D.A. Bluenose: "Let the Healing Begin"

    Aaron Harber. At present, twenty people have submitted applications for Colorado's Secretary of State job, including several big-name politicos: Andrew Romanoff, the term-limited speaker of Colorado's House of Representatives; Ken Gordon, the majority leader for the state senate; Rosemary Rodri ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 26, 2007

    Current | Laura Fayer

    Exhibits at Rule and Robischon prove that abstraction isn’t dead.

  • Music

    March 22, 2007

    Everybody Else

    Carrick Moore Gerety formed this trio when the Push Kings came to shove.

  • Calendar

    February 15, 2007

    Stinking Stereotypes

    Carrick Moore Gerety formed this trio when the Push Kings came to shove.

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    Rocket Man

    David Grinspoon is popularizing science, one alien joke at a time.

  • Film

    April 27, 2006

    All Gave Some

    Sir! No Sir! recounts the GIs who refused to ride the killing machine.

  • Calendar

    September 29, 2005

    Cirque du Something

    The Secret Circus brings in the (offbeat) clowns.

  • Culture

    September 1, 2005

    Evolution's Merry-Go-Round

    Modern Muse forcefully revisits the suddenly timely Inherit the Wind.

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    What Lies Beneath

    The effort to reclaim a historic mining district has consumed years and millions of dollars. But will it hold water?

  • Dining

    July 21, 2005

    Bite Me

    Make a List

  • Film

    February 3, 2005

    Water You Thinking?

    Swimming's smugly confessional tone dampens its appeal.

  • Music

    August 12, 2004

    The Beatdown

    Don't start no stuff, won't be no stuff.

  • News

    April 1, 2004

    Monkey Business

    CU's animal attraction isn't limited to recruiting parties.

  • News

    January 8, 2004

    Off Limits

    Blame Canada

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of January 9, 2003

  • News

    May 30, 2002

    Off Limits

    Weird science

  • Calendar

    April 25, 2002

    Mirror, Mirror

    One man’s search for identity yields a sparkling documentary about his African heritage.

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Moon Child

    This Boulder ballerina took a whack at the Big Whack theory -- and one of science's biggest mysteries.

  • News

    November 1, 2001

    Meet the Slide Rulers

    The School of Mines football team is kicking butt this year.

  • News

    October 25, 2001

    Off Limits

    The smell of success

  • News

    April 12, 2001

    Squash's New Crop

    Ignored American racquet players may be ready to reap rewards in this heady game.

  • Calendar

    February 22, 2001

    Life in Focus

    For Deborah Copaken Kogen, every picture tells a story.

  • News

    February 1, 2001

    More Boing for the Buck

    Sports gizmos spring up.

  • Calendar

    July 29, 1999

    Bella Dinner

    Sports gizmos spring up.

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Missed Diagnosis

    When a doctor makes a rare but horrible mistake, who should bear the scars?

  • Culture

    January 28, 1999

    Out of Africa

    When a doctor makes a rare but horrible mistake, who should bear the scars?

  • Film

    December 25, 1997

    Brains Into Mush

    When a doctor makes a rare but horrible mistake, who should bear the scars?

  • Music

    April 11, 1996

    Gone Loco

    When a doctor makes a rare but horrible mistake, who should bear the scars?

  • Culture

    February 8, 1995

    BOSTON BAKED BEINGS

    When a doctor makes a rare but horrible mistake, who should bear the scars?

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